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What Do Y'all In Texas Think About This

thinkthrice's picture

Submitted by thinkthrice on Fri, 02/09/2018 - 1:55pm

https://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/02/business-owners-lawmakers-set-si...

Child support as regards independent contractors (aka 1099)
The comments are quite interesting.

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classyNJ's picture

Submitted by classyNJ on Fri, 02/09/2018 - 2:46pm

Horrible that they hide.

Not to hog - but my brother owes a lucrative business in Texas. He has a daughter (my niece) who was PAS and he did not see nor hear from her or her mother for over 18 years. When his daughter turned 20 she herself had a baby. She took my brother to court for back child support.

Now as far as I know there was never a CO for child support, there was no visitation and every time him or my mother tried to find them they were told by the BM family members that they wanted no contact with him.

Well the court told him he had to pay her a little over $60k. They suspended his business license until he paid which put himself and all his employees out of work for over a month.

Texas is tough! And him and his daughter still do not speak.

nengooseus's picture

Submitted by nengooseus on Fri, 02/09/2018 - 2:53pm

Texas CS is 25% of gross income, as I recall. That would *not* work for me. WOW!

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Submitted by Livingoutloud on Fri, 02/09/2018 - 3:04pm

Texas is strange about CS. We have a poster here, don’t recall screen name, who gets around 2k on two kids. That’s crazy. And CO stated in addition to it he had to pay half for everything else like school activity etc she asked for half for everything. That’s Texas for you. But I
Don’t think they go after deadbeats aggressively. If you recall heavenlike, her ex was deadbeat, never paid a penny yet he was never jailed.

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Submitted by Livingoutloud on Fri, 02/09/2018 - 3:31pm

Yeah her posts were more in line of complaining about ex rather than about stepfamily issues.

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Submitted by CBCharlotte on Fri, 02/09/2018 - 3:10pm

My DH pays $2k to each BM for 2 kids each, so $4k total. Both child supports were done in Texas. He has been unemployed for 2.5 years. One BM was lowered from $2,900 to $2,000

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Submitted by MrsZipper on Fri, 02/09/2018 - 5:27pm

Important Sidenote: When her husband was working he was making hundreds of thousands of dollars per year as a banking executive. So 4k in child support per month is less than 10% of his annual income.

They currently own a very expensive house and her DH is not making a big effort to find a job. So it's hard to cry poor and have CS lowered when this is happening.

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Submitted by robin333 on Sat, 02/10/2018 - 9:09am

He sold that house and they moved north to a small apartment. CB’s husband has been using his retirement funds to cover CS while CB paid for everything else including insurance.

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Submitted by FrenchPeas on Fri, 02/09/2018 - 6:35pm

It does have a cap. If your income is more than $250,000 you cap at about $1800 for one child and so on. It cuts off at 18 or graduation from HS whichever comes later. And they are very tough on deadbeats.

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Submitted by lieutenant_dad on Fri, 02/09/2018 - 3:00pm

People dodge CS for a variety of reasons, very few of them being good ones. Taking a job as a contractor where your wages aren't garnished doesn't alleviate the responsibilities or the consequences. You still owe the money, and I assume Texas is still keeping track. A CP may never see a dime of the money, but an NCP will still lose their license, end up in jail, have their tax returns garnished, etc. All garnishment-dodging does is kick the can down the road.

Employers who knowingly break the law should be punished, but if they hire someone as a contractor who can legally be hired on contract, it's not their fault or responsibility if that person shirks their CS obligation.

Thumper's picture

Submitted by Thumper on Fri, 02/09/2018 - 3:56pm

Holy Cow Classy NJ...Your story about your brother is awful. I am sorry.

I remember downsouthintx....AND I also remember she would make things difficult for her ex. At least that was my take.

Moral of the story is tell your sons NEVER entertain the idea of moving to tx or have kids with a bm who is from tx.